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Senior Graphic Designer (Freelance, 6-months contract), Creative
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Anymind Group 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Senior Graphic Designer will craft visual designs for various media, including social media content and digital ads, while collaborating with the creative team. They will manage projects from concept through production, liaising with clients and supporting campaign execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lead end-to-end UX workflows and complex user journeys for enterprise SaaS applications while evolving the company's design system. Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate prototyping and collaborate with stakeholders to align design strategy with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Lead end-to-end UX workflows and complex user journeys for enterprise SaaS applications while evolving the company's design system. Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate prototyping and collaborate with stakeholders to align design strategy with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
Lead end-to-end UX workflows and complex user journeys for enterprise SaaS applications while evolving the company's design system. Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate prototyping and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align design strategy with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Lead end-to-end UX workflows and complex user journeys for enterprise SaaS applications while evolving the company's design system. Leverage GenAI tools to accelerate prototyping and collaborate with stakeholders to align design strategy with business goals.
Design Manager (Interdisciplinary), GS-08XX-13 (08415)
🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea
Us Army Corps Of Engineers 🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea
Serves as a senior technical advisor and Design Manager providing oversight and quality assurance for engineering design and construction projects. Coordinates with military organizations, federal agencies, and contractors to ensure compliance with DoD and DoW standards.
Senior Staff Interaction Designer, Search App
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the development of innovative design solutions and foundational execution for critical Search app surfaces. Influence stakeholders and guide UX designers to create a personal AI companion that adapts to user needs.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Representmedia.agency 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The role involves transforming creative briefs into high-end graphics and design concepts for social media and marketing. The designer must stay current with visual trends and manage creative assets from inception to completion.
UX Researcher
🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Krom 🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
The role involves running end-to-end research projects and partnering with PMs and analysts to turn user behavior into product decisions. You will identify research opportunities and translate findings into actionable insights for senior leadership.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Gurugram, Haryana, India
Sj Group 🇮🇳 Gurugram, Haryana, India
Create high-quality 3D architectural visualizations, renders, and presentation materials for projects and client deliverables. Collaborate with architects and engineers to develop effective visual content and manage multiple assignments within timelines.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇹🇷 Turkey
Ruut 🇹🇷 Turkey
The Senior UI/UX Designer will define the look, feel, and functionality of the RUUT financial ecosystem across iOS, Android, and web. This includes owning end-to-end customer journeys and evolving a scalable design system to simplify complex banking and regulatory processes.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Purplebricks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
You will own the end-to-end design process for a product area, working closely with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality solutions. This involves conducting discovery and research activities to shape product requirements and presenting evidence-backed designs to stakeholders.
Senior Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Analog Devices 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
You will lead block-level digital design and verification efforts while ensuring performance, timing closure, and power optimization. Additionally, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with customers to provide technical solutions.
Senior Staff Interaction Designer, Search App
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will lead the development of innovative design solutions and influence stakeholders to align on design strategies across the organization. Additionally, you will own holistic design processes and guide UX designers to ensure high-quality, user-centered outcomes.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Buymie 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Lead end-to-end design processes from research to final UI delivery for web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the design system and use data-informed decisions to improve user journeys.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.